It’s a recruitment effort within the district attorneys’ offices and with partners in the community.

“We announce our pledge to recruit 100 new mentors for Big Brothers and Big Sisters,” said Philadelphia DA Seth Williams today. “We have seen what happens when children have positive role models, and tragically we have seen what happens when they do not.”

Dashay Bailey, a “little sister,” talked about her “big sister,” Dolly Sanchez, a legal assistant with the US attorney’s office:

“Miss Dolly is the second person in my life that I can look up to and ask her questions about my life.”

Sanchez says she gets something from the program too, knowing she makes a difference in Dashay’s life.